South America on a Shoestring - Paraguay (Chapter)

12th Edition Aug 2013

This is the Paraguay chapter from Lonely Planet’s South America on a Shoestring guidebook.

Paraguay is ideal for an authentic South American experience. A country of remarkable contrasts, it has exotic natural reserves, Jesuit ruins in rural villages and sophisticated colonial towns. The steamy subtropical Atlantic Forest is starkly different from the dry wilderness of the Chaco with its isolated Mennonite colonies.

party until well after dawn during Encarnación’s original take on Carnaval

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spot a jaguar, sleep under the stars and experience the absence of humanity in the Chaco

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forget the rest of the world exists on the beach at tranquil Laguna Blanca